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Existential Smut 1 By Hapax Legomenon (Artsy Erotica)

by: Hapax Legomenon

Publication date: 2023-03-01
Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
Topics: fiction, artsy erotica, erotic fiction, short stories, NSFW, adults-only, literary fiction, metafiction, experimental fiction, hypertext, sexual ethics, Marco Vassi, erotica - general, erotic stories, sexuality in literature, male sexuality, American fiction, Man-Woman Relationships, erotic literature, sexual fantasy, existential fiction, first love, college romance, erotic dreams, seduction stories, comic erotic fiction, erotic meditations, censored books
Publisher: Ripe Mango Take Two Press
Collection: comics_inbox; comics; folkscanomy
Contributor: Author Hapax Legomenon
Language: English
Rights: Credits, Acknowledgements, Copyright Info: https://www.ripemangotaketwo.com/copyright-credit-acknowledgements/#credits-1
Item Size: 165.3M

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Existential Smut 1 contains stories, essays, memoirs and philosophical dialogues about art, imagination and the erotic life. A young man writes erotic stories and shows them to a bookish friend named Lisa. After reading each one, Lisa offers light-hearted critiques, leading to free-spirited conversations about love and sexual desire. These stories (and Lisa’s critique of them) can be silly, sad, sensuous, sinful. One reviewer described them as “exquisite, thoughtful vignettes that individually by turns inspire reflection, evoke startled recognition and collectively offer considerable insight into the tragicomedy that is the constant human search for connection.” Jane’s Guide said that “these stories will be most popular with those who enjoy literary titillation served up with intellectual debate.”

While the goal of these couple-friendly stories is both “titillation and reflection,” they should appeal to fans of Scheherazade, the fiction of Milan Kundera, Philip Roth, Mary Gaitskill, John Updike, Susan Minot, Alberto Moravia and Candace Bushnell. As a bonus, this ebook contains sexy illustrations and two erotic essays (a “Pleasure Manifesto” and a look at the fiction of Marco Vassi).

Publisher: Ripe Mango Take Two Press. 1st volume in series. EPUB size: 8MB.

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Both volumes 1 and 2 of the Existential Smut 1 series are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license. (Read more about copyright and credits)

Hapax Legomenon is the editor behind the Existential Smut series and primary author for Volumes 1 and 2. In the early 1990s, Hapax began writing a series of erotic meditations and in 2003 started posting the stories on an X-rated story website. He was born in New York and has worked in publishing, education and software development. During the 1990s, he also lived in Eastern Europe. He is unmarried and currently lives in the southern part of the United States. “Hapax Legomenon” is a pseudonym.

Censorship! In April 2023, Amazon prohibited this ebook from being sold or distributed to any of its bookstores for unspecified reasons. Draft2Digital prohibited this ebook from being distributed to Apple, Overdrive, Barnes and Noble, etc. -- claiming that the cover art featured nudity. In fact, the cover (designed by noted surrealist collage artist Eugenia Loli) featured a shadow of a female figure with a faint outline of a buttock barely visible. (MORE)